{"id":60024,"date":"2025-08-11T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/60024\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:02:09","slug":"sa-u18s-rotate-squads-for-second-round-fixtures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/60024\/","title":{"rendered":"SA U18s rotate squads for second-round fixtures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SA U18 \u2018A\u2019 team will face Georgia at 11h30, and this will be followed by the SA U18 match against Ireland at 13h30, with England and France rounding off the day\u2019s action at 15h30.<\/p>\n<p>The SA U18 coach Lwazi Zangqa has made eleven changes to his team, stating that these changes align with their overall strategy to meet their objectives and provide every player with an opportunity to showcase their skills at international level.<\/p>\n<p>Only four players from the starting line-up that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springboks.rugby\/news-features\/articles\/2025\/08\/08\/sa-u18-too-strong-for-gallant-french\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comfortably beat France in the opening round<\/a> have been retained to face Ireland. They are vice-captain AJ Meyer (lock), Gert Kemp (No 8), captain Markus Muller (outside centre) and Zekhethelo Siyaya (fullback).<\/p>\n<p>Zangqa anticipates a tough challenge from the Irish side, who beat the SA U18 \u2018A\u2019 team in a close-fought match on Friday: \u201cWe are looking forward to the fixture against Ireland whom we believe will be a highly motivated and confident opponent on Tuesday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, SA U18 \u2018A\u2019 coach Flash Malinga has retained five players for their match against Georgia, saying that the rotational changes were part of the team&#8217;s preparations, giving all players a chance to start at international level for their development.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/250808-migael-turner-sa-u18-a.jpg\" alt=\"Migael Turner in action against Ireland last Friday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Migael Turner in action against Ireland last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The retained players in the SA U18 \u2018A\u2019 starting line-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springboks.rugby\/news-features\/articles\/2025\/08\/08\/ireland-score-late-to-break-sa-u18-a-hearts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from their close defeat to Ireland<\/a> are vice-captain Migael Turner (lock), Liam Lightly (flanker), Quintin Potgieter (No 8), captain Jeandre Uithaler (flyhalf) and Ncutu Kepe (wing).<\/p>\n<p>Malinga acknowledged Georgia&#8217;s strong performance against England \u2013 they won 35-31 last Friday \u2013 and said they are expecting a hard and physical encounter. He added that the players have prepared to face this physicality while also looking to showcasing their own style of play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know what\u2019s coming from Georgia,\u201d said Malinga. \u201cThey are hard and physical, but we will be looking to showcase our owns style as much as we prepare to match their physicality. We are looking forward to playing against a very good international side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All three games will be broadcast on the SuperSchools channels. Tickets are only R20 per person and are available at the gate or online from <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quicket.co.za\/events\/330197-u18-international-series-at-boland-landbou\/?ref=events-list#\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-anchor=\"?ref=events-list#\/\">Quicket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>U18 International Series fixtures at Boland Landbou \u2013 Tuesday, 12 August:<br \/>11h30: SA U18 \u2018A\u2019 vs Georgia<br \/>13h30: SA U18 vs Ireland<br \/>15h30: England vs France<\/p>\n<p>The teams are:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SA U18 \u2018A\u2019 team will face Georgia at 11h30, and this will be followed by the SA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-60024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}